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The Xalapa and Cuban sj)ecimens are more gregarious than 

 usual ; but we have specimens from Upsal exactly intermediate. 



34. A. (Omphalia) fibula. Bull Fr. Ep, p. 127. (20, 36.) 



MnoYig Scpaticce on banks. February. Hah. Australia (Bu- 

 gle Eange, Swan Eiver), United States, Europe. 



35. A. (Pleurotus) c^spitosus, B. <5' C — Lentinus ca;spitosus, 

 -B. Hook, Lond. J. vol. 6. p. 317. (1, 66, 118, 134, 176.) 



In large bunches on logs. May. Ilab, South Carolina, Ohio. 

 Nos. 66, 134, 176 are a scattered variety on logs in woods, and 

 on dead trees in forests. December, January, March. Mr. Ea- 

 venel has found 160 individuals in a sin^rle cluster. Dx\ Curtis 

 states that this is certainly an Agaric. 



36. A. (Pleurotus) commiscibilis, JB. ^- C, (4-5, 46, 13.) Albus; 



pileo excentrico piano vel depresso subsulcato; stiinte sursum dila- 

 tato ; lamellis longe decurreatibus tenuibus latiuseulis. 



On logs in woods. May. Pileus 1| inch across; stem |- 

 inch high. 



37. A. (Pleurotus) caveatus, B. 4- C. (38, 124, 125, 126.) Pileo 



albo vel pallida fusco infundibuliformi, leviter striato ; stipite solido 

 glabro excentrico ; lamellis albis vel albidis decun entibus. 



On rotten logs. January, December. Pileus 2 inches across ; 

 stem l|-2 inches high. Gregarious or cespitose. Nearly allied 

 to the last, but the pileus much more depressed, 



38. A. (Pleurotus) excavatus, B. ^* C. (37.) Pileo excentrico 

 depresso priiuum subzonato pulverulento ; stipite sursum deorsumque 

 incrassato e mycelio filamentoso oriundo ; lamellis confertissiuus au- 



gustis adnato-decurrentibus. 



On rotten wood. '' Spores white." Pileus | inch across ; 

 stem ^ inch high, 1 line thick. 



39. A. (Pleurotus) putredinis, B. ^' C (60.) Csespitosus; pileo 



excentrico subspathulato glabro ; stipite elongate fibrilloso sursum 

 dilatato; lamellis ano-ustis decurrentibus. 



On dead wood. Pileus 2-3 lines across ; stem | inch high, 

 scarcely a line thick. Densely cespitose. Apparently white. 

 A very curious species. 



40. A. (Pleurotus) fuscifrons, B. c^ C. (24, 135.) Pileo piano 



tenul molli glabro e fusco uigrescente; stijnte laterali vel sublaterali; 

 lamellis latiuseulis adnato-decurrentibus subfuscis. 



On dead wood. January. Pileus |-1 inch across; stem ^-| 

 inch ^igh.. Subcespitose or scattered. 



